Cheap and easy comfort?

It's possible to spend big bucks on a cologne that fits best with a T-shirt or an old polo. Does anyone else feel like me ... that splashing on some cheap but likable aftershave is more comfortable and more conducive to a relaxed attitude while dressed down?

If I'm going to be running errands in a flannel shirt on Saturday morning, pass the Aqua Velva -- or maybe the Tabac if I'm headed to the really nice hardware store.

Re: Cheap and easy comfort?

Originally Posted by sarıpatates

is it the cheap smell you are after or that it was cheap to buy?

No, I don't want to wear anything that smells "cheap," if by that you mean "bad." But I own and enjoy Old Spice, Clubman, Brut, Tabac and other old-school, inexpensive fragrances. I think they have an unpretentious quality about them, and no one will accuse you of high-class sophistication for wearing them. And they certainly don't offer the artistry or "hip" factor of something like the New Haarlem I'm wearing right now. But there's something very honest and straightforward about these "cheapos."

Re: Cheap and easy comfort?

Originally Posted by Primrose

... As much as I think occasions warrant certain scents, sometimes when I am at home I wear scent just because I feel like it!

Agree.

I must add the scents worn before training, the fleeting ones are the ones I choose in this occasion since nothing is more revolting than heavy sweating plus perfume - last Wednesday I had to stand Le Mâle on the trainer and some other acquatic nightmare on my practice partner.

Originally Posted by RJR

No, I don't want to wear anything that smells "cheap," if by that you mean "bad.""

In my case, I don't related "bad" to prices, rather with the fact that certain brands as well as their blends become so popular that they end up as fragrance templates reproduced "ad nauseam". Of course, this does not mean per se that scents undergoing this process are bad. For example, I had to eat my words as per Le Mâle and Cool Water as well as Joop!, for I cannot deny their originality. But some blends are so bland that in these cases this popularity does get my attention.

Originally Posted by RJR

But I own and enjoy Old Spice, Clubman, Brut, Tabac and other old-school, inexpensive fragrances. I think they have an unpretentious quality about them...

So true, but...

Originally Posted by RJR

and no one will accuse you of high-class sophistication for wearing them... But there's something very honest and straightforward about these "cheapos."

As for my questions regarding Pinaud's Clubman in BN regarding its user's demographics, many mentioned that it is popular among old moneyed gentlemen. So we might as well face the paradox that the cheaper of them all is popular among the rich. It would seem social and cultural selfassurance does not demand pricey consumption goods...

Re: Cheap and easy comfort?

Originally Posted by Pollux

Agree.

I must add the scents worn before training, the fleeting ones are the ones I choose in this occasion since nothing is more revolting than heavy sweating plus perfume - last Wednesday I had to stand Le Mâle on the trainer and some other acquatic nightmare on my practice partner.

Absolutely! I detested a scent on an indoor-soccer-team friend because it was WAY too loud and with the sweating was utterly nauseating.

As for my questions regarding Pinaud's Clubman in BN regarding its user's demographics, many mentioned that it is popular among old moneyed gentlemen. So we might as well face the paradox that the cheaper of them all is popular among the rich. It would seem social and cultural selfassurance does not demand pricey consumption goods...

I think it's more of a case of a) tradition and b) these fellows didn't get where they are today by spending on things like expensive scents yesterday.